The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-11

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GEORGIA.
The County Commissioners of Thomas
are advertising for bids to make improve
ments on the court house to cost about
$1,000
John w. Masury. of New York, has some
contractors at Townsville figuring on a
SAC, 900 hotel to 60 on one of the business
blocks near the court house.
]. n. Ridgeway, of Oconee, has gander
that follows him around like dog, and will
sound the alarm when stranger enters the
ward and attacks the intruder with its
wings and beak.
The Mcbride bridge over the river near
Tallapoosa washed away last week. Mr..
Garner living near Draketown, built the
bridge last year and insured it for five years,
for which he received $40.
Capt Jas. w. Collins, while clerk of the
court of Fulton county made an abstract
of all the lands and lots in the county. 1t
took him twelve years to get up the abstract,
but it has paid him handsomely for his
work. He has lately sold it TO company
for S30,0O0
Later returns from Butts county show
that the election held last week resulted in
defeat to the Prohibitionists. The majority
was only Co. Two years ago, at an election
held for the same purpose, the ''wets" won
by majority of 100. Thus it will be seen
that the 'drys" have made clear gain of
100 votes
Mai Thomas A. Grace, an old and highly
honored citizen, and well and favorably
known in this State, and who for several
years was President of the Savannah, Grit
fin and North Alabama Railroad Company,
and for several other years President of the
Georgia Manufacturing and Paper Mill
Company, a distinguished member of the
order of Free MaSons, and also prominent in
State and county politics, died at Newman
Tuesday IN the 18th year of his age.
Fort Gaines in 1883 contracted to have an
artesian well bored. After boring about
COO feet by accident steel drill was drop
ped in the orifice and all attempts to remove
ii proving abortive, work was suspended,
and finally thought by the public to be
abandoned. Last week, under the direction
of the City Marshal, an excavation was
made around tl.S tube, a steam pump placed
in position and Saturday morning steam
was applied, and for thirty hours poured
upon the streets stream of cool, limpid
water, varying in quantity from 60 to 100
gallons per minute, according to the speed
of the pump.
A passenger on tho up Port Royal train
from Yemassee to Augusta Tuesday re-
ported that a negro man at that place, Jake
Terry, was bitten by rattleSnake during
the morning. The incision was in the calf
of the leg, which was terribly swollen.
Shortly after he had been bitten a live rab-
bit was secured and cut open, and while it
was yet alive and its flesh quivering it was
applied TO the wound In few minutes the
warm organ had absorbed largely the poison,
and the head of the rabbit was as green as
grass. At last accounts the negro was in a
precariouS condition. The snake was killed
and measured about 3 feet
The Townsville National Bank, with a
capital OF 100000 was opened for business
Tuesday s. l.. Hayes is president, j. A.
Brandon cashier, and w. S. Rockwell
teller. Their place of business is 125 Broad
street, a building that has just been re-
Juvenated and elegantly fitted up for the
use of the bank. o. p Wright a. Co.
bankers of Townsville, Tuesday took the
entire issue $4,000 of bonds for water
works at 5 per cent. They will probably
sell them. The contract for erecting the
tower and laying the mains for the water
works has been let, and Rommerdall &
Thompson are getting up their material TO
get to work.
Among those who called upon His Excel
lency the Governor, Tuesday, was Judge
James S. Hook, of Augusta. Popular ru-
NOR has it that Judge Hook was in the city
III the interest of MSssrs Bondurant Il Jop-
lin, who Were very recently prohibited by
executive order from having anything to
do with the control and management of the
convicts on the Augusta and Chattanooga
railroad 1t is said that the object of Judge
Hooks call upon &e Governor was to in
duce him to moSfy or rescind the order
relative to the control and management of
convicts by Bondurant a. Joplin as to take
away the stigma that might rest upon those
gentlemen by reason of the action of the
Executive. 1t is generally believed that
Gov. Gordon will not interfere with the ex-
listing status.
Tuesday Comptroller General Wright re-
ceiveG the following tax digests: Baker
county returns $685., $40, a decrease of SILL
200; Lumpkin county returns S656,200, a
decrease Of $50, sS4; Bibb county returns
81, 9O7 ,617, an increase of $3.50, 172. The in
crease shown Tuesday amounted to S4S6, 0S5,
which, added to that previously noted,
makes an aggregate increase of something
over $4,000, 000 Bib county was expected
to have shown a much larger increase than
it did. Those who were familiar with mat
tiers believed that Bibb's increase would at
least be over $1,000, 900. From all indica-
tions it is believed that the aggregate in
crease from the whole State will not exceed
$s,000,0oO of dollars, which is considerably
lower than the first estimate.
B. James, of Eufaula, Ala, is in Macon
trying to secure bail for his son, Lee James,
who is in Jail for lynching Jim Moore. Lee
James is the last of the men indicted by the
grand jury for lynching Moore. He is a
youthful looking man, not quite of age, and
was for two and a half years an apprentice
in the Central railroad shops, where he bore
good character. After the lynching he
left the shops and went to his
fathers home, and from there wan
dered around until he reached Chattanoo-
ga, where he obtained employment, and
was arrested last week. Mr.. James was
raised near Americas, Ga, lost his right
arm in the war, and since that time has
held various positions in Eufaula. He was
marshal, member of the city police, and
deputy sheriff at different times, being i'll
Office for nine years. The bonds of the
ether lynchers were placed at 81 900 each,
and there is no doubt that Lee James will
proven any guiltier than they.
Sunday afternoon at O'Clock the heaviest
rain fell in Newton district that Jackson
county had ever known. The drops seemed
TO melt into binding sheets, and the whole
district was swimming. The rain continued
until 9. Greeks were all up, but the strang-
est occurrence was at Daniel Mathews mill
which sits upon little branch about two
and a half miles from Center and ten miles
from Athens This was a two-story struc-
ture and the wheel was supplied with water
from a little branch about five feet wide and
about two and half miles long. II was
utterly impossible for this branch TO make
such food in SO short a time. During all
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